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Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cello, breaking out online during COVID, and her first arena tour.
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The Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspired by Golden Age films, the va-va-voom of it all," she says.
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For the first seven years of her life, comic Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. She talks about it in her new special, 'Upper Classy.'
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For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy.
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Our film critic @JustinCChang calls 'One Battle After Another' "a prescient, mesmerizing, frequently hilarious and fearlessly political piece of work." 👇His review.
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Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio is a loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland. It weaves zany dark comedy, sociopolitical satire and controlled narrative chaos.
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Terry Gross doesn't do many interviews in person, let alone on video. Our special episode of @TalkEasyPod celebrating half a century of @nprfreshair.
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This Friday we'll do an obit show for the great Robert Redford, but here are some highlights from Terry's interviews with the Sundance Kid over the years.
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The legendary actor died Tuesday at 89. "I wasn't learning the way I was supposed to learn ..." he explained in 2013. "I realized that my education was going to happen when I got out in the world."
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Hearing Terry laugh like this... amazing. @TalkEasyPod's @SamFragoso riffing with the 🐐 https://t.co/ITJihY76zi
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In an excerpt of her interview with Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, Gross shares her life motto and talks about writing song lyrics in high school. The full episode explores the origins of Fresh Air.
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As of September, Terry Gross has been hosting @nprfreshair for half a century. I flew to Philly to commemorate the occasion.
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Terry Gross on 50 years hosting Fresh Air, pivotal moments from her talks with Joan Didion and John Updike, and the future of public radio.
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@TalkEasyPod @SamFragoso “I think a lot of what art is about is finding your life reflected back with words or stories that you wouldn’t have thought of yourself. There can be something very clarifying about it. With an autobiographical interview, when somebody is reasonably honest about their flaws and
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Terry Gross sits down with @TalkEasyPod's @SamFragoso to talk about hosting Fresh Air for 50 (!!) years, her late husband Francis Davis, and the funding cuts to NPR. Terry rarely does interviews and this one is very special. Available on all podcast platforms now.
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Moving, powerful. A perfect conversation. Terry Gross and @SamFragoso. 👏👏 @TalkEasyPod + @nprfreshair 👇 https://t.co/uKRyFCdT7H
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Episodio de podcast · Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · 14/09/2025 · 1 h y 39 min
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The best & the best: @SamFragoso @TalkEasyPod interviewing Terry Gross @nprfreshair. I was crying along throughout - especially moved when Terry asks at the end if she can give Sam a hug. Dream team. ♥️
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Fresh Air's @YouTube debut! Watch our extended in-studio interview with @AtsukoComedy.
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Don't miss @RaphaelSaadiq on writing and recording "BODYGUARD" with Beyoncé
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Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Raphael Saadiq talks about his process — from collaborating with Beyoncé and Solange, to his song in Sinners, to his R&B group...
Raphael Saadiq reveals that Beyoncé heard the "BODYGUARD" demo by accident and liked it 🎸 "Yeah, that song, I was going through my Dropbox. And I was playing songs in a room with her. She was in the room. Jay-Z was in the room, Jay, and some of the staff. And I was looking for
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[Terry Gross keeps going with her pointed questions] @billburr : I feel like I'm in the Terminator right now. It just keeps coming... he's not going to stop! Terry: I knew you wouldn't like this but... Burr: I'm enjoying the hell out of this!
Terry's interview today with @billburr is in the Fresh Air hall of fame, for me. See for yourself.
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"Jimmy suits me fine." Terry Gross with President Jimmy Carter, recorded in 1993.
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If you've moved over to Bluesky, you can find Fresh Air there!
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